Chocolate Raspberry Cake – Sugar Spun Run

Decadent, but refreshing, my chocolate raspberry cake ticks all of the containers for an indulgent dessert. Wet darkish chocolate cake layers, recent raspberry filling, and a raspberry-infused chocolate buttercream come in combination on this successful cake recipe. Recipe features a how-to video instructional.

Chocolate Raspberry Perfection

Nowadays’s chocolate raspberry cake used to be an experiment in steadiness. I sought after near-even measures of indulgent chocolate and shiny raspberry with out skewing too some distance on all sides of the spectrum.

After a whole lot of tweaking and trying out, I feel you’re going to like the result simply up to I do. It’s each decadent and refreshing with transparent notes of each flavors. Between the wealthy, wet, fudgy chocolate cake layers, the raspberry-infused chocolate frosting, and the sweet-tart raspberry filling, it’s the easiest mix of the most efficient flavors and textures of each worlds.

Why This Recipe Works:

• By no means dry or dense: my method prevents over-mixing (identical to when making my triple chocolate cake), and we’ll use sparsely selected components so this chocolate raspberry cake remains wet for days (regardless of wanting to be refrigerated!).
• Spectacular look: 3 cake layers method it is a large cake, and including the ganache drip and recent berries on most sensible simply makes it glance so fancy.
• Just one bowl and NO mixer wanted for the cake itself. My objective used to be to make the cake as clear-cut as imaginable since we’re making 3 elements right here (cake, filling, frosting).
• Party-worthy. This cake isn’t only for birthdays! It will make an exquisite anniversary or Valentine’s Day dessert too ❤️

What You Want (& Substitutions)

For the Cake Layers

You’ll in finding those components are rather very similar to a couple of different chocolate muffins I’ve shared round right here (particularly my peanut butter chocolate cake). If you have a excellent factor, you keep it up!

• Darkish cocoa powder. Darkish chocolate & raspberry used to be a no brainer, the darker cocoa pairs superbly with the brightness of the recent raspberries. In the event you don’t have darkish cocoa, another Dutch procedure cocoa will paintings. Notice that I do suggest herbal cocoa for the frosting.
• Butter & oil. A mixture of unsalted butter and a impartial oil (I love avocado!) makes this cake each flavorful and wet. It’s particularly useful to make use of oil if you find yourself creating a cake that wishes refrigerating like this chocolate raspberry cake.
• Buttermilk. No longer handiest does buttermilk upload taste and moisture, nevertheless it additionally is helping to turn on our baking soda, since we’re the use of an alkaline cocoa powder.
• Sugar. A mix of normal granulated and light-weight brown paintings neatly right here, with the brown sugar including somewhat of additional taste and moisture. Darkish brown sugar is usually a bit too wealthy and powerful, so stick to mild brown.
• Sizzling water/espresso. I communicate extra about this within the FAQ phase under. Both will paintings, however espresso will give your cake a more potent chocolate (no longer espresso) taste, identical to in my mint chocolate cake. Whichever you go for, be sure that it’s sizzling!

SAM’S TIP: This recipe works perfect when all your components are at room temperature. Check out to keep in mind to set out your eggs, buttermilk, and so on. so they’ve time to heat up earlier than you get began!

For the Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream

• Raspberries. Both recent or frozen berries will paintings right here. I like to recommend the use of recent raspberries if they’re in season although.
• Lemon juice. A squeeze of lemon juice brightens the flavour of our filling. Bottled is okay, however recent is perfect, identical to when making raspberry lemonade!
• Cornstarch. This is helping thicken our raspberry cake filling and assists in keeping it from spilling out of the cake!
• Cocoa powder. I went from side to side with this component. For ease, I sought after to make use of the similar form of cocoa within the frosting that I used within the cake layers (darkish or Dutch). Alternatively, those merely didn’t paintings neatly within the frosting; they overpowered the steadiness of chocolate raspberry and herbal cocoa powder used to be simply in truth your only option for a awesome tasting cake.
• Heavy cream. You won’t want this, but when your frosting isn’t rather as easy and silky and spreadable as you wish to have it to be, be at liberty so as to add a dash or two of cream.

Non-compulsory: Upload a chocolate drip! This provides a pleasing contact relating to look, style, and texture. Within the recipe card under I related to my detailed directions on the right way to do a ganache drip on a cake and I additionally in short exhibit it in these days’s video, it’s more uncomplicated than chances are you’ll assume!

The right way to Make Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Make the Cake Layers

We skip the standard creaming procedure right here (beating in combination butter and sugar) and as a substitute upload melted butter and oil to our dry components and sugar. This cake will also be made without or with a mixer, nevertheless it’s essential to scrape the edges and backside of the bowl periodically and intention for a batter this is easy and uniform. The usage of components which might be all room temperature will assist with this.

SAM’S TIP: Buttermilk expands because it warms to room temperature. Measure it chilly and let it take a seat at room temperature earlier than the use of (moderately than seeking to measure it heat).

Get ready the Raspberry Filling

Some useful hints: Just be sure you don’t crank up the warmth too top otherwise you’ll evaporate an excessive amount of of the water and finally end up burning the mix (or even though you don’t, it’s worthwhile to lose an excessive amount of taste this manner). Stir ceaselessly, which may also stay issues from burning. In the event you’ve made my raspberry cake filling, you’ve accomplished this all earlier than.

You’ll know the mix is finished when your spatula leaves distinct trails during the combination. Take away it from the warmth and pour right into a heatproof bowl to prevent the cooking procedure (and word the

SAM’S NOTE: Raspberries have seeds, and, neatly, so does this chocolate raspberry cake! Whilst in some recipes I’ll pressure out the seeds (like my raspberry cheesecake) I opted to stay them right here for the most efficient raspberry texture and taste. You in truth can’t go away the seeds out of this recipe otherwise you received’t be left with a lot to paintings with!

Make the Frosting

The frosting comes in combination merely and begins identical to a vintage chocolate buttercream, till we get to the raspberry infusion. You’ll want ⅓ cup of raspberry filling (from above) however don’t upload it abruptly!

Upload the (cooled!) raspberry filling only a spoonful at a time. It’s essential to try this regularly, as a result of including it too temporarily can smash or curdle the frosting.

Meeting

A piping bag might be your pal right here for growing the dam that holds within the raspberry filling; this is very important so the filling doesn’t squeeze out of the cake! In case your frosting turns out too stiff and isn’t spreading easily at the cake or is tearing up the subtle fudgy crumbs as you attempt to unfold it, don’t hesitate to stir in a dash of cream or milk to skinny issues somewhat (however, additionally imagine doing a crumb coating, discussed under).

A ganache drip is non-compulsory, however so beautiful and decadent, and don’t leave out my tips about the right way to adorn a cake for rookies.

SAM’S TIP: Whilst non-compulsory, a crumb coat will make adorning your chocolate raspberry cake a lot more uncomplicated. To do that, unfold an overly skinny, even layer of frosting across the cake, catching any crumbs (it doesn’t must be beautiful!). Position the cake within the freezer for Quarter-hour, then take away and upload your ultimate layer of frosting. Must be easy and crumb-free!

Steadily Requested Questions

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